diff --git a/app/components/elements/UserSearch.tsx b/app/components/elements/UserSearch.tsx
index 56d7b8d27..045754a10 100644
--- a/app/components/elements/UserSearch.tsx
+++ b/app/components/elements/UserSearch.tsx
@@ -238,12 +238,16 @@ function useUserSearch(
 		[filterText],
 	);
 
+	const initialUserResult = initialUserFetcher.data?.results.find(
+		(r): r is UserResult => r.type === "user",
+	);
+
 	const items = () => {
 		// data fetched for the query user has currently typed
 		if (queryFetcher.data && queryFetcher.data.query === filterText) {
-			const userResults = queryFetcher.data.results.filter(
-				(r): r is UserResult => r.type === "user",
-			);
+			const userResults = queryFetcher.data.results
+				.filter((r): r is UserResult => r.type === "user")
+				.filter((user) => user.id !== initialUserResult?.id);
 			if (userResults.length === 0) {
 				return [{ id: "NO_RESULTS" as const }];
 			}
@@ -253,10 +257,6 @@ function useUserSearch(
 		return [{ id: "PLACEHOLDER" as const }];
 	};
 
-	const initialUserResult = initialUserFetcher.data?.results.find(
-		(r): r is UserResult => r.type === "user",
-	);
-
 	return {
 		filterText,
 		setFilterText,